William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Coat of Arms ; Year: 2020; Genre: Hard Rock Here is a rousing track that acts as a call to arms; perfect for today and the start of the new month.   Hear We Stand As One on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Macy And Company - Sixteen Tons   My song pick 2 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Bermuda Triangle   My song pick 3 years ago today: Charlie Daniels - Robot Romp   My song pick 4 years ago today: The Offspring - Hammerhead   My song pick 5 years ago today: Megadeth - Back in the Day   My song pick 6 years ago today: Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away My song pick 7 years ago today: Michael Penn - No Myth My song pick 8 years ago today: Steve Winwood - Higher Love My song pick 9 years ago today: Helloween - Lay All Your Love On Me My song pick 10 years ago today: The Drifters - There Goes My Baby My song pick 11 years ago today: Soundgarden - Spoonman My song pick 12 years ago today: Jethro Tull - H...

From: No Smoke Without Fire ; Year: 1978; Genre: Hard Rock Had Wishbone Ash on my mind for some time now and am finally getting around to picking one of their songs. This is a great, straight-up rocker that opens this, probably my favourite record from the band.     Hear You See Red on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Explorers Club - Impact 2 - Fading Fast   My song pick 2 years ago today: Jim Reeves - Distant Drums   My song pick 3 years ago today: Brass Construction - Do Ya   My song pick 4 years ago today: Iron Maiden - Speed of Light   My song pick 5 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Dust   My song pick 6 years ago today: The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See My song pick 7 years ago today: NOFX - Bath of Least Resistance My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - Seven Cities of Gold My song pick 9 years ago today: Carmen - Viva mi Sevilla My song pick 10 years ago today: Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing (With a...

From: Just Testing ; Year: 1980; Genre: Hard Rock Music from quite a few bands today; just happened to settle on the lead track from Wishbone Ash's Just Testing record. An excellent heavy rocker with an awesome beat and, as always with the band, some great musicianship across the board.   Hear Living Proof on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Crosby, Stills & Nash - Guinnevere   My song pick 2 years ago today: Yellow No 5 - Everything Cherries   My song pick 3 years ago today: Pallas - Blood and Roses   My song pick 4 years ago today: Faith No More - Zombie Eaters   My song pick 5 years ago today: The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby My song pick 6 years ago today: The Who - The Song Is Over My song pick 7 years ago today: Gloryhammer - Questlords of Inverness, Ride to the Galactic Fortress! My song pick 8 years ago today: Bob Welch - Hot Love, Cold World My song pick 9 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears My song pi...

From: No Smoke Without Fire ; Year: 1978; Genre: Rock/Hard Rock Had this band on my brain once again; their No Smoke Without Fire album in particular. For more or less a "straight-up rocker," this one has a lot musically going for it and is definitely a fun one to hear.   Hear Anger in Harmony on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Eurythmics - Missionary Man   My song pick 2 years ago today: Green River - Together We'll Never   My song pick 3 years ago today: Chris Squire - Safe (Canon Song)   My song pick 4 years ago today: The Chi-lites - Have You Seen Her? My song pick 5 years ago today: Roy Ayers - Funk in the Hole My song pick 6 years ago today: Hawkwind - Steppenwolf My song pick 7 years ago today: Ian Anderson - What-Ifs, Maybes And Might-Have-Beens My song pick 8 years ago today: Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water My song pick 9 years ago today: Rare Earth - Under God's Light My song pick 10 years ago today: Foreigner -...

From: Coat of Arms ; Year: 2020; Genre: Rock Here's one off of Wishbone Ash's most recent album. Drive is a nice, smooth rocker with a great groove from the rhythm section and some excellent guitars and vocals.   Hear Drive on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Queensrÿche - The Mission   My song pick 2 years ago today: C.W. McCall - Four Wheel Drive My song pick 3 years ago today: Black Sabbath - Neon Knights My song pick 4 years ago today: Savatage - Chance My song pick 5 years ago today: Megadeth - A Secret Place My song pick 6 years ago today: Wings - Live and Let Die My song pick 7 years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Are You Happy? My song pick 8 years ago today: Stone Temple Pilots - Creep My song pick 9 years ago today: The Moog Cookbook - Come Out and Play My song pick 10 years ago today: Hurricane Smith - Oh Babe, What Would You Say? My song pick 11 years ago today: John Cafferty & The Beaver...

From: Wishbone Four ; Year: 1973; Genre: Hard Rock I've had Wishbone Ash on my mind off and on for the last couple of days or so, and I thought I'd make a pick out of one of their songs. This is a good, straight-up rocker that is quite fun to listen to.   Hear No Easy Road on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Redbone - Wovoka   My song pick 2 years ago today: Ultravox - Frozen Ones My song pick 3 years ago today: Savatage - Stay With Me a While My song pick 4 years ago today: Japan - Quiet Life My song pick 5 years ago today: Maddy Prior - Rosettes My song pick 6 years ago today: Funkadelic - Funky Dollar Bill My song pick 7 years ago today: Sky - Westway My song pick 8 years ago today: Asia - Wildest Dreams My song pick 9 years ago today: Don Henley - Dirty Laundry My song pick 10 years ago today: The Scorpions - Big City Nights My song pick 11 years ago today: Graham Central Station - Earthquake My song pick 12 years ago to...

From: Pilgrimage ; Year: 1971; Genre: Progressive Rock/Jazz Fusion I heard this song the other day and I knew I had a pick. It's a very interesting jazz fusion piece with some awesome musicianship throughout. Hear Vas Dis on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Journey - Spaceman My song pick 2 years ago today: Van Halen - And the Cradle Will Rock... My song pick 3 years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - Tears My song pick 4 years ago today: Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away My song pick 5 years ago today: Mountain - Mississippi Queen My song pick 6 years ago today: Rod Stewart - You Wear it Well My song pick 7 years ago today: Steeleye Span - The Twelve Witches My song pick 8 years ago today: Georg Philipp Telemann - TWV 55:C3 - Wassermusik - Hamburger Ebbe und Flut My song pick 9 years ago today: Steve Winwood - The Finer Things My song pick 10 years ago today: Tarja Turunen - I Walk Alone My s...

From: No Smoke Without Fire ; Year: 1978; Genre: Hard Rock Oddly enough I heard this song for the first time the other day and I knew I needed to pick it. This one has that late 70s/early 80s arena rock feel to it, but definitely not too dated. It's one of those songs that just speaks to you. Hear Baby the Angels Are Here on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Soundgarden - Rhinosaur My song pick two years ago today: Jigsaw - Love Fire My song pick three years ago today: Dream Theater - The Enemy Inside My song pick four years ago today: The Ventures - Joy My song pick five years ago today: Gackt - Cube My song pick six years ago today: Fairport Convention - Meet on the Ledge My song pick seven years ago today: Rush - Losing It My song pick eight years ago today: The Beatles - Yesterday My song pick nine years ago today: Def Leppard - Animal